2018 Rd 6: Pre Game Paranoia: Carlton vs Western Bulldogs

[rocky]

What about the year Jezza took over from Thorogood?

Didn't Jezza take over from Serge who took over from Stewart that year (1978). We had a win in round 3 (against Melbourne)

[Sexybronco]

Didn't Jezza take over from Serge who took over from Stewart that year (1978). We had a win in round 3 (against Melbourne)

Correct, 1 win in the first 6 games and Jezza took over in round 7 from Serge.

[flyboy77]

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/hams...4zb97.html

good for the Blues...

I think we'll break the duck Friday.

[blue4life]

Bontempelli or Cripps?
The Bont does more damage but Cripps is a beast, I wish we had both of them.

[ElwoodBlues1]

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/hams...4zb97.html

good for the Blues...

I think we'll break the duck Friday.

Agree, Dogs are down on form and luck plus Bevo has outsmarted himself by trying to be too clever and cute moving players around and if Bolton can keep it simple
it might be enough to us over the line and by keeping it simple I mean dont try and bring players like Weitering in who have no form and play them on someone from the Dogs who could win them the game.
Their backline has no size and they dont have much up forward...it all about the Bont, McCrae, Dalhaus, Daniel etc....Harry and the Boult should kick five each.....Blues by 25 points

[Gointocarlton]

Whatever we did last week in the form of training and prep work for WC, we need to up it again this week to break the duck against WB. BB needs to do this in order for the boys to not think they are good enough to win this week because of a good, or better, effort last week. In the end, we lost so we have to work harder week to week to be any chance of winning week to week. The WBs have been horrible, well below their best. I do not want this Carlton team to be the Carlton of the past that runs teams back into form. No faken way. Anything less than this attitude and an amped up work rate will result in 0-6. That simple IMO.

[Thryleon]

Step one.  Hard tag on Jason johannison.  Stop his run and you stop the dogs rebound off half back.

Step 2. Tackle hard at every opportunity.  The doggies are workmanlike.  They will out fight you but they won't out class you.

[Tragic]

here's some extra motivation...

i think we have bulldogs 2nd round pick in this years draft (and Adelaide's).  Bullies have 1 win so far.  We need to pump them and keep them down the bottom.  It would also be nice (but unlikely) for the crows to miss the finals.  wouldn't that be sweet.

go Blues !

[LP]

Very interesting selection decisions coming up this week.

You'd expect that Phillips should have English easily covered, will the Dogs ruck Boyd, Sandilands pwned them!

I won't be at all surprised to find SpecialK and Kennedy having another week off. If Phillips has pulled up OK he must be given opportunity to continue developing good form and play a full game, we were soundly beaten after half-time, but against Naitanui that has to be expected although I thought Lycett was Wet Toasts better ruckmen on the day and was probably close to BoG after half-time! No rucks for either side played a full performance game last weekend.

I reckon they'll back themselves in to rove to our rucks and ignore the risks.

[ElwoodBlues1]

Very interesting selection decisions coming up this week.

You'd expect that Phillips should have English easily covered, will the Dogs ruck Boyd, Sandilands pwned them!

I won't be at all surprised to find SpecialK and Kennedy having another week off. If Phillips has pulled up OK he must be given opportunity to continue developing good form and play a full game, we were soundly beaten after half-time, but against Naitanui that has to be expected although I thought Lycett was Wet Toasts better ruckmen on the day and was probably close to BoG after half-time! No rucks for either side played a full performance game last weekend.

I reckon they'll back themselves in to rove to our rucks and ignore the risks.

They will bring Lachie Hunter straight back in and he usually racks up 30 plus possies vs us and I reckon they might bring in Jackson Trengove who has recovered from injury and can play down back on our talls as well as pinch hit in the ruck...